Two months after raising certain safety concerns with DGCA, a team from US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will arrive here next month to hold discussions on the corrective measures being taken by India in this regard.

Weeks after a safety audit of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a four-member FAA team carried out a similar audit in September and raised concerns over several vacancies, including top posts of joint directors general and deputy directors general, at a time when air traffic in India was growing at a rapid pace.

It had also adversely commented on the training programmes for pilots, engineers and cabin crew.